IMO, either u need to lower the cap or have the draft be more than one round. As the rules stand, the people picking toward the bottom of round 1 have almost no chance if the people picking before them don't make mistakes. Having "retired guests" makes this problem worse. With a $52M cap, u could make it more fair by picking the team in the 1st round and the guest in the 2nd round.

guests were non-exclusive. Every league was pretty balanced overall and iirc the winner never drafted first. I'm pretty sure I picked the team that I won with in the late teens/early 20s. I'll have to go back & check.

If we fill, there will be a lotto for everyone. I'd also consider unretiring teams & guests. Probably wouldn't lower the cap, though.

Posted by ashamael on 12/1/2013 3:58:00 AM (view original):guests were non-exclusive. Every league was pretty balanced overall and iirc the winner never drafted first. I'm pretty sure I picked the team that I won with in the late teens/early 20s. I'll have to go back & check.

If we fill, there will be a lotto for everyone. I'd also consider unretiring teams & guests. Probably wouldn't lower the cap, though.

IMO, it makes no sense to have a one round draft. The standings you posted don't look like a balanced league to me.

one team had 60 wins (and I drafted it late - it hadn't won the other two seasons or it owuld have been retired)
two teams had 50 wins.
so 3 out of 24 teams had 50 wins or more. That's pretty balanced.

The team with the best record in the first season didn't win the ship... and had less than 50 wins the third season.

If you don't like the rules as is, don't play. I haven't even advertised it yet.